One Piece of Song Dynasty

Song Qinzong thought it was okay and asked Li Gang to write a memorial on the matter.

Soon, Kaifeng Mansion posted a notice saying: "The search for horses by the Xuanfu Division is harassment. It should be stopped and no longer carried out." After Li Gang learned about it, he sighed secretly.

Song Qinzong asked Li Gang to set off on June . Li Gang believed that there were still many things that were not ready and asked to postpone the departure time. Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty gave instructions: "If delay is not enough, wouldn't it be a refusal of orders?"

When Li Gang saw the sage's stern tone, he was a little frightened and a little angry. He hurriedly analyzed the situation and finally submitted his resignation. He said: "Your Majesty used to have the exclusive power of the minister, but now he has refused the order. He just sent the minister to be the commander-in-chief to break the siege of Taiyuan. However, it is probably not appropriate to appoint someone who has the exclusive power to refuse the order as the commander-in-chief. I hope that your Majesty will remove all ministers from the Privy Council and appoint trustworthy ministers."

Li Gang took out all the documents that had previously appointed him as Minister Youcheng, Privy Councilor, and Xuanfu envoy and turned them over.

Song Qinzong did not agree with Li Gang's resignation, returned the documents intact, and sent his internal servants to summon Li Gang four times in a row.

On June th, Li Gang had no choice but to come to Funing Hall for an audience. Song Qinzong expressed his position: "You will patrol the border for me, and you can return to the court when the time is right."

Li Gang replied: "I have no reason to return on this expedition, because I am too stupid and upright to be allowed to serve in the court. After my trip, if there are no setbacks, I will lead the army to advance bravely. To die on the battlefield is my wish." However, if the imperial court is not strong enough in its execution and I feel that I can no longer do anything, I should resign immediately. I hope that Your Majesty will be able to observe the lack of loyalty of my ministers and uphold the integrity of the monarch and his ministers."

After listening to Li Gang's words, Song Qinzong was quite moved. Song Qinzong then decided to postpone the departure date to June th.

On June , Song Qinzong issued an edict, appointing Xie Qian as the deputy envoy of Hedong Zhizhi to replace Yao Gu, and appointed Zhe Yanzhi as the official official of Xuanfu Sigan of Hedong. Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty asked to relieve Qian and Zheyan's hostage, and immediately rushed to Longde Mansion to take over Yao Gu's troops, and then set off from Wei Sheng's army to the north to continue to relieve the siege of Taiyuan. At the same time, Song Qinzong ordered Zhang Hao to control the troops in Hedong and Shaanxi and move northward to assist Taiyuan in relieving the siege.

At that time, Zhending was the strongest city in Hebei and its strategic position was also very important. The imperial court believed that the Jin army was attacking Taiyuan fiercely, and its next step might be to move south or east. In order to prevent the Jin army from invading Hebei eastward, Song Qinzong appointed Liu Tao, the pacification envoy of Zhendingfu Road, as the deputy envoy of Xuanfu in Hedong, and ordered him to lead troops to garrison in Liaozhou.

If it is discovered that the Jin army is advancing eastward, Liu Tao's troops will quickly move northward to cut off the Jin army's retreat. Wang Yuan, the general manager of Zhendingfu Road, and Li Zhi, the general manager of Qian, were stationed in Liaozhou with Liu Tao. Since then, all the elite troops originally stationed in Zhending were led westward by Liu Tao, and Zhending became an empty city.

Before Liu Tao led his army to the west, Wuhan Ying, who had pretended to surrender to the Jin people and escaped from the Jin camp back to the Song Dynasty, came to meet Liu Tao as a commander. At that time, Wuhan Ying led the Beijing army with troops and planned to go to relieve the siege of Taiyuan. He felt that the troops were too few and asked Liu Ao to increase his troops, but Liu Ao refused.

Wu Hanying then came to Wutai Mountain, met with Pang Sengzheng, and persuaded him to gather the monks on the mountain and go to Daizhou together to stab the Jin man in the back. However, before they could get out of the Wutai Mountains, they encountered the Jin army and lost the battle.

In desperation, Wuhanying had no choice but to lead his army to retreat to the Pingding Army. When they passed by the Yoga Village, the villagers suddenly pushed down wooden rolling stones and beat Wuhan Ying to death.

Yoga Village is located eighty miles west of Pingshan Mountain, with a solitary peak reaching into the clouds. The mountain is so steep that it seems to be in the sky. It was Liu Tao's team stationed at Yoga Village. It is really a pity that the loyal and patriotic Wuhan Ying did not die by the golden sword, but died in the hands of his own people.

At this time, two of the so-called "six thieves" in Huizong's era had been executed, leaving Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Li Bangyan, and Zhu Meng. Cai Jing, Tong Guan, and Zhu Meng are in exile and are not far from death. So the officials turned their attention to Li Bangyan, the last of the Six Thieves, and Bai Shizhong, another favorite of Song Huizong. Although they had long been dismissed as prime ministers and left the capital, the officials believed that they had committed serious crimes during their tenure and caused huge disasters to the country, and they must be held accountable and punished.

On June , a minister reported: "If the prime ministers and assistants appoint people properly, the emperor will be able to get good plans, the government will be able to implement good policies, the neighboring countries will hear the news and dare not invade, and the people of Li will live and work in peace and contentment. . If not, the Prime Minister and the Fu would be guilty of treachery and harming the country.

The former prime ministers Bai Shizhong and Li Bangyan were incompetent, shameless, arrogant and inferior during their tenure. They were on the same level as Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng, and Cai You, and they carried out many things without the permission of the Holy One. Not only that, but they also had more serious sins. The Jin division had invaded south before, but had not yet reached the capital. When they heard about His Majesty's succession, they were shocked and frightened, and had already planned to return to the division. However, the prime minister and his assistant were not talented and acted hastily and without plan. At this time, I asked your majesty to go to Xiangyang for refuge, and Bang Yan asked your majesty to cut off the land of three towns. The Prime Minister was so cowardly and disloyal that he aroused the anger of all walks of life.

In the past, when Emperor Zhangsheng was the emperor, the Khitans raised their troops to invade. At that time, the court officials either invited Shu or Jiangnan, but Kou Zhun was the only one who took charge of the Northern Expedition. The Khitan was afraid and asked for an alliance and retreated. From this point of view, Shi Zhong's sin is serious. During the reign of Emperor Renzong, the Khitan was arrogant and wanted to take back the land in Guannan. At that time, Fu Bi was sent as an envoy to explain the interests to the Khitan, but in the end the Khitan had to surrender. From this point of view, Kunihiko's crime was serious.

In the past and today, although their plans were different, their crimes were the same. Now, these two people are still in the status of special bachelors of Guanwen Palace, traveling around the country, leading palaces and ancestral halls, and have not been punished. People of insight are all talking about this. I hope your Majesty will make a wise decision and impose heavy blame on you, thinking that the minister has violated the country's precepts. "

Song Qinzong knew that if he did not issue an order to deal with them, the ministers would continue to complain without mercy. Song Qinzong had no choice but to issue an order to remove all positions held by Bai Shizhong and Li Bangyan.

On the same day, Cai Mao was also exposed and criticized by his officials. Officials accused Cai Mao of four major crimes: first, he had flattered Cai You and became a best friend with Cai You; second, when the capital was besieged, he, as a Tongzhi Privy Council member, did not make a correct suggestion; third, he was involved in current border affairs. Even before peace, His Majesty was worried and diligent about food, but as a famous commander, he did not care about the people's sentiments and did not worry about external affairs. He used prostitutes and feasted every day, which made the soldiers and civilians resentful and wanted to kill him. Fourthly, he had used his father's name to kill him. Cai Que arbitrarily added embellishments to his deeds, falsely accused Queen Xuanren and Shenglie, and deceived Daojun and Emperor Daojun.

The officials hoped that the emperor would convict Cai Mao, grant him an official status, and surrender him to Lingqiao, never to return him. However, Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty did not adopt this suggestion, and only ordered Cai Mao to be removed from the post of commander of the Daming Palace and replaced with the post of palace ancestral hall.

The officials thought that the emperor's treatment of Cai Mao was too light, so they reported it again on June , questioning: "Just being dismissed from the palace and ancestral hall, how can it be enough to slander and deceive the two saints?" Song Qinzong had to issue another decree: "Cai Mao Reduced to the rank of doctor, secretary of the Young Supervisor Branch and lives in Bozhou, Nanjing."